Follow these steps to have the best experience with Ableton Live on your Apple Silicon Mac.

I’ve been using an Apple Silicon M1 Mac Mini since launch, and I love it. But… I’ve discovered a few key things that allow Ableton Live to run without issues and properly on Apple Silicon.

In this tutorial, I share everything I know about optimizing Ableton on Apple Silicon, and explain “why” things are a bit different.

If you’re using an Apple Silicon computer on stage, DO NOT miss this tutorial. It’ll save your butt.

#ableton #buttsaver #m1mac

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00:00 - Introduction to optimizing Ableton Live on Apple Silicon Mac
00:29 - Set buffer size to 256 or lower for best performance
01:29 - Use Ableton Live 11.2 or open files on 11.3 and resave
05:13 - Always use "Collect All and Save" to organize files
06:44 - Save and reopen set after adding locators to avoid audio dropouts
08:20 - Use the three-part framework for using tracks on stage
09:11 - Stop stressing about CPU usage
10:04 - Adding locators may cause disk overload, save and reopen set
12:43 - CPU metering is more sensitive on Apple Silicon Mac/Live 11
15:23 - Disable current CPU metering and focus on average usage

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